I'm All Coached Out!

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#46
walk-unafraid said:
Me, too.

The way Coach does business may not make sense to me, but it is what it is. Coach doesn't make any secret of it, and savvy customers know when and how to shop. However, Coach has trained their own customers to not pay full price for anything, and most of us don't. Seriously, go to their FB page when they post pics of new bags - half the comments are people saying they can't wait until that bag gets to the outlet.

To me, a bag is worth what it is worth to me - not to someone else. When the Legacy collection came out, I made a special trip to the FP store and bought the duffle in cobalt because there was no way I wasn't getting that bag the day it came out. Sure, other people may have gotten it at the outlet later for less, but that's not my issue.

Coach may be crazy, but I still love it! :weird:
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That's me all day because when you show me who you are, I believe you.
 
#47
It's wonderful that some shoppers will only buy Coach at outlet prices. It is also wonderful that some shoppers will occasionally pay full price for a certain Coach style that they really want. Different people with different approaches make this world an interesting place.

What is not so wonderful is if anyone thinks that their particular way of buying Coach is the only way or the best way or the "right" way.

There are many ways to be happy with a purse. :smile1: At the end of the day, only each person can know what is truly best for herself.

Enjoy your lovely bags ladies. :cool:
 
#48
ltbag said:
It's wonderful that some shoppers will only buy Coach at outlet prices. It is also wonderful that some shoppers will occasionally pay full price for a certain Coach style that they really want. Different people with different approaches make this world an interesting place.

What is not so wonderful is if anyone thinks that their particular way of buying Coach is the only way or the best way or the "right" way.

There are many ways to be happy with a purse. :smile1: At the end of the day, only each person can know what is truly best for herself.

Enjoy your lovely bags ladies. :cool:
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Amen!!!!!!! Period!
 
#49
momtok said:
Yep, that is entirely true, and I agree it's some of the best advice that gets tossed around on tpf. I always ask myself that question as I browse outlets or fos .... "Do I like the bag because I genuinely like it? Or am I just blinded by the bargain?" So far that advice has served me well. Every bag I've purchased with that attitude is used and used often. It also makes me a snipper of tags as soon as I get home, which in turn keeps me off any return radar with coach. :laugh: (Actually, there's only one time I've ever disregarded that advice, and ironically it was on an item that barely made it to outlets. I think it only really appeared on fos, and in very low numbers. And also ironically, it wasn't the price that made me do it, or the fact that I found this mythical grail at an outlet ... it was simply the color.)

It's also akin to similar advice my DH always gives ... if you know the item you *really* want, get *that* one. Don't find an "almost as good" item and try to justify that one because the price is cheaper. Go for what you really, genuinely want --- price isn't always everything, in the end.
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Totally agree!!! I do not shop on price per se, but usually on exactly what I really, really love. I rarely return bags unless I find a flaw.

I am very strategic about my bag purchases as opposed to opportunistic and so I have a collection of much used, well-loved bags.
 
#50
ltbag said:
It's wonderful that some shoppers will only buy Coach at outlet prices. It is also wonderful that some shoppers will occasionally pay full price for a certain Coach style that they really want. Different people with different approaches make this world an interesting place.

What is not so wonderful is if anyone thinks that their particular way of buying Coach is the only way or the best way or the "right" way.

There are many ways to be happy with a purse. :smile1: At the end of the day, only each person can know what is truly best for herself.

Enjoy your lovely bags ladies. :cool:
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Well said!
 
#51
abwd said:
+1

I certainly don't LOVE paying more than I have to for anything. I like a good deal as much as anyone else, but people place different priorities on their resources. I have a demanding job and younger kids I would rather spend time with them instead of putting in the work it takes to find a good deal. Other ladies have more time and perhaps a different budget. In fact, the few bag regrets I do have were outlet purchases because I felt compelled to get the deal rather than focusing on what I loved.

To each his own I say. If you love it, buy it and enjoy it. Know your "personal price ceiling" and don't let a messed up business model make you love your bags any less.

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Ditto, ditto, ditto.
 
#52
pink sapphire said:
I buy what i love and if i want it price doesnt matter i get it and dont regret it .
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I agree, buy what I love and use it. Could careless when and if it hits outlet. Outlet burns me out too fast. I normally buy my bags months before they ever hit stores anyways so I have def enjoyed them a lot by the time the get to outlets.
 
#53
PamN said:
This is an interesting thread. In July, I purchased my first Coach bag at a FP store in Tampa, FL. (I live in a rural state--the only Coach bags I can find are at Macy's. And I have never cared for the particular styles they have in stock.) When I got home, I looked my bag up on-line just to read customer reviews. I can't even find it, and I suspect that even though I was told it was a brand-new style, that I was lied to. In fact, I found a thread here where someone posted her picture with the same purse in January. DOH! And the salesperson was so nice! So now, I'm wondering if my purse went on sale the day after I bought it. But I'll never know because that store is 1,000 miles away from me.

Having said that, I love my new bag and carry it everywhere. (I'm the kind of person who carries only one bag, all the time, with everything, no matter the color).
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Which bag did you get?
 
#56
PamN said:
I got the Madison Minetta in red/coral--I'm not sure what the color is called.
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Love Red, probably. Pretty bag! It was a new bag this year. Keep in mind that people here on TPF sometimes order bags from JAX the instant they're available for sale, which may be months before they're actually displayed in stores. So, it may well have been a new bag from that season when you bought it. When the seasons change, the bags typically disappear from the FP stores with the change in floorset.
 
#57
ltbag said:
It's wonderful that some shoppers will only buy Coach at outlet prices. It is also wonderful that some shoppers will occasionally pay full price for a certain Coach style that they really want. Different people with different approaches make this world an interesting place.

What is not so wonderful is if anyone thinks that their particular way of buying Coach is the only way or the best way or the "right" way.

There are many ways to be happy with a purse. :smile1: At the end of the day, only each person can know what is truly best for herself.

Enjoy your lovely bags ladies. :cool:
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Absolutely! LOL at this FP and outlet bag littered shady grove.
 
#58
I truly think it's not necessarily that their management is completely clueless, but they have fired and rehired upper corporate numerous times in the last few years, so no one has been able to stick around long enough to make any changes. Lets see if they'll change things in this new era.
 
#60
ltbag said:
It's wonderful that some shoppers will only buy Coach at outlet prices. It is also wonderful that some shoppers will occasionally pay full price for a certain Coach style that they really want. Different people with different approaches make this world an interesting place.

What is not so wonderful is if anyone thinks that their particular way of buying Coach is the only way or the best way or the "right" way.

There are many ways to be happy with a purse. :smile1: At the end of the day, only each person can know what is truly best for herself.

Enjoy your lovely bags ladies. :cool:
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I totally agree:smile1:
 
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